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these people make me wanna puke... 2.4L is already smaller than prolly 90% of the car engines on the planet, so lets show our ass and make it smaller, feh!

Formula 1 bosses confirm engines will not change until 2014

Formula 1 bosses have confirmed a deal to delay the introduction of new 'green' engines by a year until 2014.

The decision to switch from four-cylinder 1.6-litre engines introduced in 2013 to V6s of the same size a year later was made by F1 bosses last week.

It was rubber-stamped on Monday by a vote of the FIA's world council, the legislature of F1's governing body.

The maximum rev limit of the engines will be increased to 15,000 from 12,000 to allay concerns about the spectacle.

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has been against the switch to the new engines from the current 2.4-litre normally aspirated V8s, claiming that they will make a less dramatic noise and therefore be less exciting to watch.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/formula_one/13878359.stm

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Red Bull's motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says the team will lose half a second per lap with the introduction of a ban on off-throttle blown diffusers from the British Grand Prix. But Marko says the pacesetting team have already made up for the deficit with set-up changes and aerodynamic updates.
Full story: Autosport

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed it is "very, very likely" Mark Webber will stay with the team in 2012.
Full story: ESPN F1

Red Bull's World champion Sebastian Vettel says he would pay to drive a Formula 1 car, adding: "If I didn't love what I do I probably wouldn't be so successful."
Full story: formula1.com

Toro Rosso technical director Giorgio Ascanelli says the team will soon turn their attention to the new car for 2012. Red Bull's junior team are seventh in the team standings and Ascanelli says Toro Rosso are already ahead of their targets for 2011 - but he adds that there will still be some small updates for the next race in Silverstone.
Full story: Team Rosso F1 team

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton is expected to drop into Wimbledon on Wednesday as a guest of his manager Simon Fuller, whose company also looks after world number four Andy Murray. Hamilton will, in turn, show Murray around the McLaren factory after the tennis star turned down an invitation to the British Grand Prix to play in Britain's Davis Cup in Glasgow.
Full story: Daily Express

Sauber driver Sergio Perez is looking forward after finishing just outside the points in 11th at last weekend's European Grand Prix. The Mexican writes: "Now heading to Hinwil to have some mettings with my team! We will bounce back next race, anyway I'm very pleased to come back it was a very hard weekend for me! But I'm sure Silverstone will be better!!"
Full story: Sauber driver Sergio Perez on Twitter

Pirelli has gone soft / hard tyres for Silverstone. They had expected to allocate medium / hard before Sunday. High temperatures could make it interesting.
Full story: Autosport F1 correspondent Edd Straw on Twitter